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The  Library  of 
William  Andrews  Clark,  Jr. 


f  0wtnotie    apers  of 

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The  Douglas- Austin  copy  now  in  the 

possession  of  William  Andrews  Clark,  Jr. 

A  Bibliographical  Description 


San  Francisco: 

Printed  by  John  Henry  Nash 

1920 


The  Library  of 
William  Andrews  Clark,  Jr. 


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By  Charles  Dickens 

DICKENS,  CHARLES  (JOHN  HOUGHAM)  (1812-1  870). 
The  ||  Posthumous  Papers  ||  Of  ||  The  Pickwick  Club.  ||  By 
Charles  Dickens.  ||  With  ||  Forty-three  Illustrations,  By  R.  Sey- 
mour And  ||  Phiz.  ||  London  :||Chapman  And  Hall,  1  86,  Strand.  || 
MDCCCXXXVII. 

CONDITION:  8°,  original  parts,  twenty  numbers  in  nineteen,  uncut,  in 
green  morocco  box.The  Douglas-  Austin  copy.  Size  of  leaf,  8  %  by  5^ 
inches. 

FIRST  EDITION,  earliest  issues. 

COLLATION:  No.  I.  Green  pictorial  cover-title,  No.  I.  Price  is.||The|| 
Posthumous  Papers||OfThe||Pickwick||Club||Containing  A  Faithful 
Record  Of  The||  Perambulations,  Perils,Travels,  Adventures  ||  And  || 
Sporting  Transactions  1  1  Of  The  Corresponding  Members.  1  1  Edited  by 
"Boz."||With  Four  Illustrations  ||  By  Seymour.  ||  London:  Chapman 
&  Hall,  1  86,  Strand.  ||  MDCCCXXXVI  (verso  blank)  ;  Advertise- 
ment, "  New  Works  Published  By  Chapman  And  Hall,  March,  1  83  6," 
fourleaves,i2°;Text,Bi-[D4]  and  one  leaf  without  signature,  in  fours, 
pp.[i]-26;  Library  of  Fiction,  No.  I,  back-cover  (verso)  (recto  blank). 
ILLUSTRATIONS:  Four  full-page  plates  by  Seymour  of  which  plates  i, 
2,  and  3  bear  the  signature  of  Seymour.  Plate  i,"Mr.  Pickwick  ad- 


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dresses  the  Club,"  the  buttons  on  Pickwick's  vest  are  on  the  right  side ; 
Plate  2,  "The  pugnacious  cabman,"  the  figure  of  the  milkmaid  is  clear- 
ly defined;  Plate  3, "The  sagacious  dog,"  the  game-keeper's  gun  has 
lock  and  trigger;  Plate  4,  "Dr.  Slammer's  defiance  of  Jingle,"  there  are 
only  ten  boards  in  the  floor;  on  p.  26  is  the  heading  "Posthumous 
Papers,"  etc. 

No.  II.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.  I  (except  number)  (verso 
blank);  Announcement  of  the  death  of  Seymour,  April  27, 1 83 6,  one 
leaf  (verso  blank);  Text,  Ei-[G4],in  fours,  pp.  27-50;  Library  of  Fic- 
tion, No.  II,  back-cover  (verso)  (recto  blank). 

ILLUSTRATIONS:  Three  plates  only  were  issued.  In  the  plates:"The 
dying  clown,"  the  listener's  hat  touches  his  foot;  "Pickwick  in  chase  of 
his  hat,"  there  are  two  plumes  in  the  woman's  bonnet; "Mr. Wimple 
soothes  the  refractory  steed,"  Wimple's  gaiter  buttons  right  side  of  line. 

No.  III.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.  I  (except  number  and  the 
substitution  of  "With  Illustrations  By  R.W.  Buss,"  instead  of  "With 
Four  Illustrations  By  Seymour")  (verso  blank);  Advertisement  of 
"Sunday,  Under  Three  Heads,"  etc.,  two  leaves,  12°;  Address  from 
the  Publishers,  May  30, 1 83  6,and  Postscript  from  the  Editor, one  leaf, 
pp.  [i]-2 ;  Text,  H  i-[!8],pp.  51-82;  Advertisement  of  Rowland's  toi- 
let articles,  two  leaves ;  Library  of  Fiction,  No.  1 1 1,  back-cover  (verso) 
(recto  blank). 

ILLUSTRATIONS: Two  full-page  plates, designed, etched, and  signed  by 
Buss.  These  are  the  originals  of  the  plates  subsequently  rejected  after 
the  first  issue  of  Part  III. 

No. IV.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.  I  (except  number  and  "With 
Illustrations")(verso  advertisement  of  NewWorks  published  by  Chap- 
man and  Hall);The  Pickwick  Advertiser, containing  announcements 
of  Tilt,  Macrone,  Murray,  and  Bentley,  that  of  Murray  having  the  date 
June  18,  two  leaves;  Text,  Ki-[L8],pp.  83-114;  Advertisements  of 
Chapman  and  Hall,  back-cover  (recto)  (verso  Library  of  Fiction,  with 
statement  to  subscribers,  and  contents  of  Nos.  1, 1 1,  and  1 1 1).  This  ad- 
vertisement appeared  only  in  the  first  few  copies,  when  it  was  changed 
to  The  Pictorial  Album. 


The  Library  of  William  Andrews  Clark,  Jr. 

ILLUSTRATIONS:  Two  full-page  plates  by  "Phiz. ""The  Break-down" 
is  signed  Nemo  very  faintly  on  the  left-hand  corner  of  the  plate;  "The 
first  appearance  of  Mr.  Weller,"  signed  N.  E.  M.  O.  very  faintly  on  the 
right-hand  corner.  Nemo  was  the  soubriquet  of  Browne,  and  this  was 
the  last  time  he  made  use  of  it. 

No.  V.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.  IV  (except  number)  (verso 
advertisement  of  New  Works  published  by  Chapman  and  Hall);The 
Pickwick  Advertiser,  August  1,1836,  containing  advertisements  of  W. 
Kidd,  etc.,two  leaves;  Text,  Mi-[N8], pp.  1 1 5-146;  Advertisement  of 
"James's  Naval  History,"  pp.  [i]-2;  Advertisements  of  Gilbert's  Maps 
and  Bentley 's  Announcements,one  leaf;  Advertisement  (in  three  folds) 
of  Rowland's  Macassar  Oil  (recto  and  verso);  Advertisements  of  Chap- 
man and  Hall,  back-cover  (recto)  (verso  Library  of  Fiction,  No.  V,  giv- 
ing no  contents  but  a  notice  that  the  "arrangements  announced  by  them 
a  month  ago  are  now  brought  into  full  operation"). 

ILLUSTRATIONS:  Two  full-page  plates.  In  the  plate  "Mrs.  Bardell 
Faints,"  the  ornaments  on  the  shelf  differ  from  those  of  later  issue,  and 
the  boy  is  kicking  Mr. Pickwick;  in  the  plate  "Election  at  Eatans- 
will,"  the  beadle's  legs  are  straight. 

No.  VI.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.  IV  (except  number)  (verso 
advertisement  of  NewWorks  published  by  Chapman  and  Hall);  Ad- 
vertisement slip  of  "Phrenology  Made  Easy:  September,  183  6  "(verso 
blank),  1 6°;  The  Pickwick  Advertiser,  miscellaneous  advertisements 
of  Macrone,  Kidd,  etc.,  that  of  Kidd  with  the  heading, "  London:  14 
Chandos  Street,  West  Strand,  Sept.  i,  1836,"  four  leaves;  Text,  Oi- 
[P8],  pp.  147-1 78 ;  Advertisements  of  Chapman  and  Hall,  back-cover 
(recto)  (verso  Library  of  Fiction,  No.  VI,  giving  contents  of  Nos.V 
and  VI). 

ILLUSTRATIONS:  Two  full-page  plates  by  "Phiz."  In  the  plate  "Mrs. 
Leo  Hunter's  Fancy  dress  dejeune,"  the  bird-cage  is  high  among  the 
branches  of  the  tree,  being  suspended  from  the  lowest  branch  in  later 
issues;  in  the  plate  "Seminary  for  Young  Ladies,"  on  the  door  is  a 
knocker,  which  in  later  issues  was  changed  to  a  bell. 

7V0.F77.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.IV(except  number)(verso  ad- 

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vertisement  of  Library  of  Fiction, Vol.  I,which  "in  the  course  of  Octo- 
ber will  be  published");  The  Pickwick  Advertiser,  containing  miscel- 
laneous advertisements  of  Smith,  Elder  &  Co.,  and  others,  four  leaves ; 
Text,Q  i  -[R8],pp.  1 79-2 1  o;  Advertisement  slip  of  "Phrenology  Made 
Easy,  September,  1836"  (verso  blank),  1 6° ;  Advertisement  (continued 
from  front  cover)  of  Library  of  Fiction,  back-cover  (recto)  (verso  ad- 
vertisement of  "The  Pictorial  Album"). 

ILLUSTRATIONS:  Two  full-page  plates  by  "Phiz."  In  the  plate  "Mr. 
Pickwick  in  the  Pound,"  there  are  two  donkeys;  in  the  plate  "In  the  At- 
torneys' Office,"  Mr.  Weller  is  standing  with  his  legs  together.  These 
features  as  described  characterize  the  earliest  state  of  the  two  plates. 

No.  VIII.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.  I  V(except  number) (verso 
advertisement  of  Library  of  Fiction, Vol.  I);  Advertisement  slip  of 
George  Mann,  bookseller  (recto  blank),  1 2°;  The  Pickwick  Advertis- 
er,"86,Fleet  Street,October  1,1 836,"advertisements  of  Tilt's  "Splen- 
did Annuals  for  1837,"  Kidd's  New  Catalogue,  November  i,  1 83  6,  and 
other  miscellaneous  advertisements,  four  leaves;  Text,  Si- [T8],  pp. 
2 1 1-242 ;  Advertisement  of  Henekey  and  Co., " Masdeu,"  pp.  [i ]-[4], 
blue  paper;  Advertisement  (continued  from  front  cover)  of  Library  of 
Fiction  (recto)  (verso  advertisement  of  "The  Pictorial  Album"). 

ILLUSTRATIONS:  Two  full-page  plates  by  "Phiz."  In  the  plate  "The 
Double  bedded  Room,"  the  lamp-stove  has  eight  perforations,  which 
in  later  issues  have  been  increased  to  fifteen ;  in  the  plate  "  The  last  visit 
of  Heyling,"  the  tops  of  the  chairs  are  visible  above  the  shoulders  of 
the  figures. 

No.  IX.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.  IV  (except  number)  (verso 
advertisement  of  Tilt's  "Miniature  Classical  Library");  The  Pickwick 
Advertiser,  advertisements  of  Smith's  "Imperial  Classics,"  Fisher,  Son 
&  Co.,  and  others,  six  leaves;  Advertisement  slip  of  George  Mann, 
bookseller  (verso)  (recto  blank),  12°;  Text,  Ui-[X8],  pp.  243-274; 
Advertisements  of  Chapman  and  Hall,  with  Library  of  Fiction,  No. 
9,  four  leaves ;  Advertisements  of  Jenning's"  Landscape  Annual  for 
1837,"  two  leaves, yellow  paper;  Advertisement  of  Henekey  and  Co., 
"Masdeu,"  two  leaves, pink  paper;  Advertisements  of  Orr  and  Co., 

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pp.  [i]-8 ;  Illustrated  advertisement  of  Effingham Wilson,  Junior,  two 
Ieaves,i2°;  Advertisements  of  "Heaths'  Picturesque  Annual,"  back- 
cover  (recto)  (verso  George  Cruikshank's  Works). 
ILLUSTRATIONS:  Two  full-page  plates  by  "Phiz."  In  the  plate  "Mr. 
Weller  Attacks,"  the  earliest  state  is  to  be  identified  byWeller's  hat 
which  is  white;  in  the  plate  "Job  Trotter  encounters  Sam,"  the  points 
of  distinction  are  slight,being  principallyin  the  kitten  on  the  footstool. 

No.  X.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.  IV  (except  number)  (verso 
advertisements  of  Charles  Tilt);  The  Pickwick  Advertiser,  advertise- 
ments of  Longman  &  Co.,  Macrone  (dated  December  27,  i 836),  and 
others,  eight  leaves ;  Address  of  the  Author,  December,  1 83  6,  one  leaf 
(verso  blank);  Text,  Yi-[Z8], pp.  275-306;  Advertisement  of  Row- 
land's "Kalydor,"  in  verse,  being  a  burlesque  entitled  "Omitted  Stan- 
zas Of  Don  Juan:  [Hitherto  Unpublished.],"  one  leaf  (verso  blank); 
Advertisement  of  James  Fraser's  publications,  one  leaf;  Advertise- 
ments of  Chapman  and  Hall,  back-cover  (recto)  (verso  advertisements 
of  Charles  Tilt). 

ILLUSTRATIONS:  Two  full-page  plates  by  "Phiz."  In  the  first  state  of 
the  plate  "The  Goblin  and  the  Sexton,"  there  is  no  bone  lying  beside 
the  skull. 

No.  XL  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.  IV  (except  number)  (verso 
advertisements  of  "New  Engravings  Recently  Published  By  Acker- 
mann,  &  Co.";  The  Pickwick  Advertiser,  advertising  "Sketches  by 
Boz,"etc.,byCharlesDickens,Esq.,etc.,fourleaves;Text,AAi-[BB8], 
pp. 307-33  8;  Advertisements  of  Ackermann's"  Weeds  of  Witchery," 
by  Thomas  Haynes  Bayly,  back-cover  (verso  "Magazine  of  Domestic 
Economy,"  etc.) 

ILLUSTRATIONS:  Two  full-page  plates  by  "Phiz. "The  plate  "Mr. 
Pickwick  Slides,"  contains  the  black  and  white  dog. 

No.  XII.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.  IV  (except  number)  (verso 
advertisements  of  Longman  &  Co.) ;  The  Pickwick  Advertiser,  ad- 
vertisements of  Macrone,  February  2 8,  announcing  New  Works  by 
Dickens  (as  in  No.  XI),  and  other  miscellaneous  advertisements,  four 
leaves;  Text,  CCi-[DD8],  pp.  339-370;  Mechi's  Catalogue, pamph- 

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let  in  coloredwrappers,pp.i-i  8, 1 8°;  Advertisement  of  Cowen&  War- 
ing's  "Important  Invention  in  the  Fine  Arts,"  back-cover  (verso  ad- 
vertisement of  "Eraser's  Magazine  for  1837"). 

ILLUSTRATIONS:  Two  full-page  plates  by  "Phiz." 

No.  XIII.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.  IV (except  number) (verso 
advertisement  of  Cowen  &Waring's" Important  Invention");  The 
Pickwick  Advertiser,  advertisements  of'Macrone,  March  30,  and  mis- 
cellaneous advertisements,  eight  leaves;  Text,  EEi-[FF8],pp.3yi- 
402;  Advertisements  of  "Ward's  Miscellany,"  etc.,pp.[i]-4;  Illustrat- 
ed advertisement  of  J.Turrill,  one  leaf;  Advertisements  of  Walker's 
"Manly  Exercises,"  etc.,  back-cover  (verso  advertisements  of  Long- 
man &  Co.) 

ILLUSTRATIONS:  Two  full-page  plates  by  "Phiz."  In  the  first  state  of 
the  plate  "The  Card  Room,"  the  cards  are  plainly  seen;  in  the  plate 
"Mr.  Winkle's  Situation,"  the  shadow  of  the  pole  on  the  ground  is  in 
a  line  with  the  pole,  and  there  is  a  white  space  between  the  hat  and  its 
shadow. 

No.  XIV.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.IV(except  number)  (verso 
advertisement  of  William  Smith  of  "Lodge's  Portraits,"etc.);The  Pick- 
wick Advertiser,No.XIV,miscellaneousadvertisements,twelve  leaves; 
Text,GGi-[HH8],pp.403-434;Advertisement,"NewWorks  Print- 
ed For  Baldwin  And  Cradock,' '  pp.  [  i  ]-8 ;  Advertisement  of  "The  Court 
Magazine,"  back-cover  (verso  advertisements  of  Charles  Tilt). 
ILLUSTRATIONS:  Two  full-page  plates  by  "Phiz."  In  the  first  state  of 
the  plate  "Conviviality  of  Bob  Sawyer,"  all  the  books  on  the  middle 
shelf  are  standing,  and  there  is  also  a  book  on  the  top  shelf;  in  the  plate 
"Mr.  Pickwick  sits  for  his  Portrait,"  there  is  no  star  in  the  middle  pane 
at  the  top  row  of  the  window. 

No.  XV.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.  IV  (except  number)  (ver- 
so advertisement  of  "Samuel  Weller's  Illustrations  to  The  Pickwick 
Club"); The  Pickwick  Advertiser,  No.  XV, miscellaneous  advertise- 
ments, eight  leaves;  Address  by  the  Author  announcing  the  resump- 
tion of  the  work,  which  had  been  interrupted  by  the  death  on  May  7, 
1837,  of  Miss  Mary  H ogarth,  p.  [i],  and  advertisements  of  Chapman 

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and  Hall,  pp.  [i]-^. ;  Text,  1 1 1  -[KK8],  pp.  43  5-466 ;  Advertisements  of 
John  James  Rippon,  pp.  [i]~4,  yellow  paper;  Advertisement  of  Beat- 
tie's  "Caledonia  Illustrata,"  one  leaf, with  full-page  steel  engraving; 
Advertisement  of  Harris's  "Prize  Essay  On  Sailors,"  pp.  [i]-2;  Ad- 
vertisements of  "The  Artist's  Portfolio,"  etc.,  pp.  [i]-8  ;  Advertise- 
ments of  Apsley  Pellatt,two  leaves;  Advertisement  of  "The  Popular 
Works  Of  Mr.  Peter  Parley,"  etc.,  one  leaf;  Advertisement  of  "Royal 
Beulah  Spa  &  Gardens,"  one  leaf,  gray  paper;  Advertisement  of  "Cun- 
ningham's Gallery  Of  Pictures,"  back-cover  (verso  advertisements  of 
J.  Sanger). 

ILLUSTRATIONS:  Two  full-page  plates  by  "Phiz."  In  the  first  state  of 
the  plate  "The  Warden's  Room,"  there  is  no  loop  at  the  end  of  the 
clothes-line. 

No.  XVI.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.  I  V(except  number  and  im- 
print which  reads  "Bradbury  And  Evans.  London:  Chapman  &  Hall, 
1 86,  Strand.  Printers,  Whitefriars.")(verso  advertisement  of  "Samuel 
Weller's  IllustrationsTo The  Pickwick  Club"); The  Pickwick  Adver- 
tiser, No.  XVI,  advertisements  of  Chapman  &  Hall,  etc.,  four  leaves ; 
Text,  LLi-[ MM 8], pp.  467-498;  Advertisements  of"New Works 
On  India,"  back-cover  (verso  advertisements  of  A.  H.  Baily  and  Co.) 

ILLUSTRATIONS:  Two  full-page  plates  by  "Phiz,"  both  in  first  state. 
In  the  first  plate  "The  Red-nosed  Man  discourseth,"  the  legs  of  Sam's 
chair  are  turned;  in  "Mrs.  Bardell  encounters  Mr.  Pickwick  in  Pris- 
on," there  is  a  railing  on  the  steps  and  a  cockade  in  Weller's  hat. 

No.  XVII.  Green  pictorial  title-cover  as  No.  XVI  (except  number) 
(verso  advertisement  of  "Chubb's  New  Patent  Detector  Lock");  The 
Pickwick  Advertiser,  No.  XVII,  fourleaves;  Advertisements  of  Chap- 
man and  Hall  announcing  a"New  Work  By£Boz,'  "etc., one  leaf; Text, 
NNi-[OO8],pp.499-530;  Advertisement  of  Ridgway, Sidney &Co.'s 
"Tea  Establishment,"  one  leaf  (verso  blank);  Illustrated  medical  ad- 
vertisement, four  leaves,  printed  on  one  side;  Advertisement  of  Lock- 
hart's  "  Life  of  SirWalter  Scott,  September,  1 83  7,"  pp.  [  i  ]-[  1 6] ;  Adver- 
tisement of  "Sketches  of  Young  Ladies,  Fourth  Edition,"  back-cover 
(verso  advertisement  of  the  "Gardeners'  Gazette"). 

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ILLUSTRATIONS:  Two  full-page  plates  by  "Phiz."  In  the  first  state  of 
the  plate  "Mr.  Winkle  returns,"  the  upper  wall-shelf  is  empty.  In  the 
plate  "The  Ghostly  passengers,"  the  hamper  at  the  right  is  without 
cords. 

No.  XVIII.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No.  XVI  (except  number) 
(verso  advertisements  of  "Weller's  Illustrations  to  the  Pickwick  Club," 
etc.);  The  Pickwick  Advertiser,  No.  XVIII,  October  2, 1 83 7, adver- 
tisements of  Knight  &  Co.,  etc.,  eight  leaves ;  Advertisements  of  Chap- 
man and  Hall,  September  29,  1837,  announcing  the  completion  on 
November  ist,  of  "Pickwick  Papers,"  and  the  publication  in  parts  of 
a  "New Work  by  fBoz,'"  March  31, 183 8, etc.,  one  leaf;  Text,  PPi - 
[QQ8], pp-53 1-562;  Advertisement  of  Lashmar&BellinghamV'New 
Tea  Warehouse,"  one  leaf  (verso  blank);  Illustrated  advertisement  of 
Thiers's  "  French  Revolution,"  one  leaf;  Simpson's  medical  advertise- 
ments, one  leaf;  Advertisements  of  works  published  by  J.  J.  Dubo- 
chet  &  Co., two  leaves;  Advertisements  of  works  published  by  Joseph 
Thomas,  two  leaves;  Advertisement  of  "Gems  of  Beauty,  for  1838," 
back-cover  (verso  advertisements  of  Charles  Tilt). 

ILLUSTRATIONS:  Two  full-page  plates  by  "Phiz."  In  the  earliest  state 
of  the  plate  "Mr.  Bob  Sawyer's  mode  of  travelling,"  the  stick  of  the 
Irishman  has  a  bundle  attached.  In  the  plate  "The  Rival  Editors," 
a  jug  and  toasting-fork  hang  on  the  end  of  the  dresser. 

N os.  XIX and XX.  Green  pictorial  cover-title  as  No. XVI  (except  num- 
ber)(verso  advertisement  of  Seymour's  "Popular  Sketches,"  etc.);  The 
Pickwick  Advertiser, Nos. XIX  and  XX, November  1,1837, adver- 
tisements of  James  Bohn's  Publications,  etc.,  twelve  leaves;  Adver- 
tisements of  Chapman  and  Hall,  October  30, 1837,  announcing  the 
completion  of  "The  Pickwick  Papers,"  one  leaf ;  Text,  RRi-[TT8] 
(verso  blank),  ending  with  imprint,  all  in  eights,  pp.  563~[6ioj;  Half- 
title,  "The  Posthumous  Papers  of  the  Pickwick  Club,"  [Ai]  (verso 
blank),  pp.  [i]-[ii ];  Title  as  above,  [Ai]  (verso  imprint),  pp.  [iii]-[iv]; 
Dedication  to  Mr.  Serjeant  Talfourd,  M.  P.,  [A3],  pp.  [v]-vi;  Preface, 
[A4]-[A5]  (verso  blank),  pp.  [vii]-[x] ;  Contents,  [A6]-[A7],  pp.  [xi]- 
xiv;  Directions  to  the  binder,  [A8]  (verso  errata),  pp.  [xv]-[xvi];  Ad- 

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vertisement  of  Lashmar  &  Bellingham's"NewTea  Warehouse,"  one 
leaf  (verso  blank);  Advertisement  of  Simpson's  medicines,  one  leaf; 
Advertisement  of"Neill  on  Diseases  of  the  Eye,"  one  leaf;  Mechi's 
Catalogue,  pamphlet  in  colored  wrappers,  pp.  1-18, 18°;  Advertise- 
ments of  Wm.  S.  Orr  and  Co.,  back-cover  (verso  advertisement  of  T. 
Cox  Savory). 

ILLUSTRATIONS  :  Frontispiece, engraved  title, and  two  full-page  plates, 
engraved  by  "Phiz."  In  the  first  state  of  the  frontispiece,  the  footstool 
has  but  four  stripes ;  in  the  engraved  title  the  sign  above  the  door  bears 
the  name  of  "TonyVeller";  in  the  plate  "Mary  and  the  fat  boy,"  the 
knife  in  the  boy's  hand  is  pointing  downward;  in  the  plate  "Mr.  Wel- 
ler  and  his  friends,"  the  boards  of  the  floor  run  lengthwise. 

Laid  in  is  the  following  letter  from  Mr.  Eckel  to  Mr.  Austin,the  former 
owner  of  this  set: 

"  Founded  in  1 77 1  .The  North  American,  Philadelphia,  July 3 1,1914. 
"Mr.  S.  H.  Austin,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

"Dear  Sir:  It  was  my  privilege  some  time  since  to  carefully  examine 
the  Douglass  copy  of £  Pickwick '  which  I  am  informed,  is  at  present  in 
your  possession.  Without  any  desire  of  obtruding  any  superior  knowl- 
edge of  the  book  in  question  I  wish  to  say  that  it  is  the  finest  and  most 
perfect  copy  of  an  original  issue  it  has  ever  been  my  fortune  to  handle 
as  it  is  also  the  best  copy  I  have  ever  heard  of. 

"In  attempting  to  describe  a  complete  first  issue  of f  Pickwick 'in  my 
Bibliography  I  had  recourse  to  the  Lapham  copy  and  a  copy  owned  by 
a  noted  collector  in  Glasgow.  In  my  opinion  the  Douglass  copy  far 
excels  either  in  brilliancy  and f  points.'  The  absence  of  the  figure { iy' 
in  the  Albemarle  street  address  in  Part  I  Vsurely  stamps  it  as  an  earlier 
issue  than  the  two  I  have  mentioned.  In  addition  there  are  other  ad- 
vertisements which  are  unknown  in  the  copies  to  which  I  have  alluded. 
"After  an  investigation  I  am  forced  to  revise  my  description  of  Part  I 
as  it  relates  to  the  plates.  I  am  satisfied  that  the  original  plates  have 
signatures  and  that  these  hairlines  wore  off  as  the  printing  proceeded. 
It  was  the  later  issues  upon  which  the  error  was  based  that  the  plates 
were  unsigned. 

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The  Library  of  William  Andrews  Clark,  Jr. 

"In  short  I  am  free  to  say  that  the  Douglass  copy  is  unmatched  in  the 
world  so  far  as  I  know. 

"Trusting  that  you  will  understand  the  spirit  which  prompts  this  let- 
ter, I  beg  leave  to  remain,Very  sincerely,  John  C.  Eckel." 

In  the  domain  of  literary  fiction,  few  works  have  had  the  immediate 
and  long-sustained  popularity  of  "The  Pickwick  Papers."  The  work 
began  more  as  an  accident  of  circumstances,  than  by  any  well-defined 
plan.  Seymour,  then  at  the  height  of  his  popularity  as  an  artist, was  in 
the  employ  of  Chapman  and  Hall.  Some  of  his  best  drawings,  early  in 
1836,  had  been  issued  in  a  little  volume  entitled  "  The  Squib  Annual." 
He  had  then  suggested  a  series  of  Cockney  sporting  plates,  and  an  ac- 
companying text  was  needed  for  his  purpose.  Hall  secured  the  services 
of  Dickens, who  was  then  a  young  newspaper  writer,  obscure  and  al- 
most unknown.  This  was  the  germ  of  "Pickwick." 
Thefirst  number  of  "Pickwick"appeared  in  March,  1 83  6,and  although 
none  of  the  numbers  had  the  date  of  the  month,  the  covers  of  the  en- 
tire series  were  dated  1836.  The  "Pickwick  Advertiser  "was  not  com- 
menced until  the  publication  of  No.  IV.  The  announcements  of  a  few 
of  those  who  advertised  were  dated,but  infrequently.  Mr.  Eckel  states 
that  not  more  than  400  copies  each  of  the  early  numbers  were  issued, 
and  that  the  work  did  not  give  promise  of  success  until  the  introduc- 
tion in  No.  I  Vof  Mr.  Sam  Weller.  From  that  time  it  increased  in  popu- 
larity and  in  No.  XIV  of  the  "Pickwick  Advertiser,"  the  publishers 
announced  that "  20000  of  the  Advertising  Sheet  will  be  Printed  and 
Stitched  in  each  Monthly  Number."  In  No.  XVI 1 1,  Oct.  2, 1 83  7,  they 
further  announced  that  the  circulation  of  the  work  had  reached  29000. 
There  were  numerous  difficulties  with  the  artists.  Seym  our  was  under 
contract  to  furnish  four  illustrations  for  each  part,  which  were  accept- 
ably supplied  in  No.  I.  While  at  work  on  the  plates  for  No.  II,  he  ap- 
pears to  have  been  suffering  from  an  attack  of  despondency  and  jeal- 
ousy combined,which  he  ended  by  suicide,  leaving  but  three  plates  for 
this  part.  In  his  artistic  position  Seymour  was  succeeded  by  R.  W.  Buss 
who  made  two  drawings  for  No.  1 1 1, which  were  hopelessly  inadequate 
and  thoroughly  unsatisfactory.  After  this  unfortunate  effort  Buss  re- 

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The  Library  of  William  Andrews  Clark,  Jr. 

tired  from  the  work  and  his  disappearance  from  "Pickwick"  would 
seem  to  have  occasioned  no  regret  to  author,  publisher,  or  public.  In 
the  fourth  number  appears  the  work  of  "Phiz"  (Hablot  K.  Browne), 
and  for  this  and  each  of  the  subsequent  numbers  he  supplied  two  draw- 
ings. So  thoroughly  did  "Phiz"  enter  into  the  spirit  of  "Pickwick" 
that  his  inimitable  designs  have  become  a  part  of  the  work  itself. 
When  in  the  first  state,  none  of  the  original  issues  of  the  plates  have 
titles,but  those  in  Nos.I-XI  I  contain  numerical  page  references.  From 
No.  XIII  to  the  end,  the  plates  have  neither  of  these  features.  In  their 
first  state,  the  plates  differ  greatly  from  those  of  later  issue.  Originally 
sharp  and  well-defined,  they  speedily  became  worn  down  and  erased, 
and  in  the  process  of  retouching,  many  of  the  original  features  were 
altered  or  lost.  A  complete  description  of  details  of  difference  would 
be  impossible,  but  sufficient  distinctions  are  presented  to  render  com- 
parisons practicable. 

In  a  few  of  the  numbers  are  announcements  made  by  the  author  and 
publisher, which  are  bibliographically  known  as  "Addresses." 
No.  II  contains  an  announcement  of  the  melancholy  ending  of  Sey- 
mour. 

No.  Ill  announces  the  general  plan  of  the  publishers,  and  the  engage- 
ment of  Buss  as  illustrator;  also  a  postscript  by  Dickens  with  reference 
to  a  very  captious  correspondent. 

No.  X  contains  an  address  by  the  author,  stating  his  intention  to  ad- 
here to  his  original  purpose  of  writing  but  twenty  numbers,  etc. 
No.  XV  presents  the  author's  address  upon  the  delay  in  the  appear- 
ance of  the  issue,  due  to  the  death  of  his  sister-in-law,  Miss  Mary  Ho- 
garth; also  a  most  unusual  statement  to  the  public  (cf.  infra). 
According  toEckel,the  most  eminent  bibliographerof  Dickens,no  cen- 
sus of  perfect  copies  is  available,  but  not  more  than  ten  perfect  copies 
are  in  existence,  and  of  these,  some  have  been  more  or  less  made  up, 
or  "improved." 

The  set  herein  described  is  the  most  perfect  and  the  finest  known,  and 
may  be  accepted  as  a  definite  index  of  what  constitutes  the  numerous 
features  and  the  differential  "points"  of  a  perfect  copy. 


The  Library  of  William  Andrews  Clark,  Jr. 

Address  in  No.  XV: 
"i  86,  Strand,  June  30, 1 837. 

"The  Author  is  desirous  to  take  the  opportunity  afforded  him  by  his 
resumption  of  this  work,  to  state  once  again  what  he  thought  had  been 
stated  sufficiently  emphatically  before,  namely  that  its  publication  was 
interrupted  by  a  severe  domestic  affliction  of  no  ordinary  kind;  that  this 
was  the  sole  cause  of  the  non-appearance  of  the  present  number  in  the 
usual  course;  and  that  henceforth  it  will  continue  to  be  published  with 
its  accustomed  regularity. 

"  However  superfluous  this  second  notice  may  appear  to  many,  it  is 
rendered  necessary  by  various  idle  speculations  and  absurdities  which 
have  been  industriously  propagated  during  the  past  month;  which  have 
reached  the  Author's  ears  from  many  quarters,  and  have  pained  him 
exceedingly.  By  one  set  of  intimate  acquaintances,  especially  well  in- 
formed, he  has  been  killed  outright;  by  another,  driven  mad;  by  a  third, 
imprisoned  for  debt;  by  a  fourth,  sent  per  steamer  to  the  United  States ; 
by  a  fifth,  rendered  incapable  of  mental  exertion  for  evermore— by  all, 
in  short,  represented  as  doing  anything  but  seeking  in  a  few  weeks' re- 
tirement the  restoration  of  that  cheerfulness  and  peace  of  which  a  sad 
bereavement  had  temporarily  deprived  him." 
"Notice  to  Correspondents. 

"We  receive  every  month  an  immense  number  of  communications,  pur- 
porting to  be  Suggestions  for  the  Pickwick  Papers.'  We  have  no  doubt 
that  they  are  forwarded  with  the  kindest  intentions ;  but  as  it  is  wholly 
out  of  our  power  to  make  use  of  any  such  hints,  and  as  we  really  have 
no  time  to  peruse  anonymous  letters,  we  hope  the  writers  will  hence- 
forth spare  themselves  a  great  deal  of  unnecessary  and  useless  trouble." 
REFERENCES:  Church  Catalogue  (1909), Vol.  I,  pp.  408-411,  No.  321; 
Charles  Templeton  Crocker  Library  Catalogue  (191 8),p.  1 27;  Eckel,  'The 
First  Editions  of  the  Writings  of  Charles  Dickens  (1913),  pp.  23-50; 
Grolier  Club,  Bibliographical  Notes  on  One  Hundred  Books  Famous  in 
English  Literature  (Kent)  (1903),  pp.  1 80-1 82,  No.  78 ;  Slater,  Early 
Editions  (1894),  pp.  83-86,  No.  6;  Widener  Catalogue  (1910),  pp.  73- 
8 1 ;  Widener  Catalogue  of  the  Writings  of  Charles  Dickens  (Rosenbach) 
(1918),  pp.  14-20. 


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